The codex comprises three distinct, though related, works, each apparently the opus of a different author. However, the author of the first piece and his purported son, the author of the second work, have recently been shown to be the same person: Joseph Solomon Delmedigo (1591-1655). He studied in Padua where one of his teachers was Galileo Galilei. By contrast, the named author of the third work, Ber Jeiteless, proves to be an actual person: Rabbi Issachar Ber Jeiteless (d.1685). Typical of central European Ashkenazi manuscripts of the middle and late seventeenth century, MS 199 is an important document commenting on specific legal matters, possibly containing two of Delmedigo’s last and hitherto lost works.For detailed descriptions, please see www.chch.ox.ac.uk/library-and-archives/digital-library.
Binding: 17th century English sprinkled calf over pasteboards; with blind-tooling; double panels and fleurons; sewn onto five supports, with raised bands; marbled text block edges; rebacked; blind-tooling on spine; spine title in gilt.Full catalogue description in SOLOContents note: Includes masekhet (tractate) Berakhot and mishnah from seder Zeraʿim. With occasional manuscript additions: some notes in Hebrew, including Hebrew alphabet practice exercises. Annotations in pencil were perhaps written by Edward Pococke.Decoration: Simple floral designs.Dimensions: 336mm (height) x 252mm (width) x 46mm (depth).Layout: The layout of this edition mirrors that of the first edition of the Talmud printed by Daniel Bomberg between 1519/1520-1523 in Venice. Hebrew types resembling square and semi-cursive scripts.
Binding: 17th century English sprinkled calf over pasteboards; with blind-tooling; double panels and fleurons; sewn onto five supports, with raised bands; marbled text block edges; blind-tooling on spine; spine title in gilt.Full catalogue description in SOLOContents note: Includes tractates Sanhedrin and Megillah. Some marginal notes in Hebrew.Decoration: Simple floral designs.Dimensions: 336mm (height) x 252mm (width) x 44mm (depth).Layout: The layout of this edition mirrors that of the first edition of the Talmud printed by Daniel Bomberg between 1519/1520-1523 in Venice. Hebrew types resembling square and semi-cursive scripts.
Binding: 17th century English sprinkled calf over pasteboards; with blind-tooling; double panels and fleurons; sewn onto five supports, with raised bands; marbled text block edges; blind-tooling on spine; spine title in gilt.Full catalogue description in SOLOContents note: Includes tractates Yoma and Taʿanit. Some marginal notes in Hebrew.Decoration: Simple floral designs.Dimensions: 336mm (height) x 252mm (width) x 38mm (depth).Layout: The layout of this edition mirrors that of the first edition of the Talmud printed by Daniel Bomberg between 1519/1520-1523 in Venice. Hebrew types resembling square and semi-cursive scripts.
Binding: 17th century English sprinkled calf over pasteboards; with blind-tooling; double panels and fleurons; sewn onto five supports, with raised bands; marbled text block edges; blind-tooling on spine; spine title in gilt.Full catalogue description in SOLOContents note: Includes tractates ʿEruvin and Megillah. Some marginal notes in Hebrew.Decoration: Simple floral designs.Dimensions: 336mm (height) x 252mm (width) x 42mm (depth).Layout: The layout of this edition mirrors that of the first edition of the Talmud printed by Daniel Bomberg between 1519/1520-1523 in Venice. Hebrew types resembling square and semi-cursive scripts.